Human parvovirus B19-induced acquired pure amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 128-129

  Bhattacharyya, Jina ^a   Kumar, Rajat ^a   Tyagi, Seema ^a   Kishore, Janak ^b   Mahapatra, Manoranjan ^a   Choudhry, V P ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia; Intravenous immunoglobulin; Parvovirus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID;

ACQUIRED PURE AMEGAKARYOCYTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIA; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; LYMPHOID CELL; MALE; MEGAKARYOCYTE; PARVOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFANT; MALE; MEGAKARYOCYTES; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 12744262863     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2004.05252.x     Document Type: Letter

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